Japan turns to tech to help foreign blue-collar workers

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Vietnamese trainee work at a building site in Tokyo. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)

MITSURU OBE, Nikkei Asia chief business news correspondent

TOKYO -- A public and private group in Tokyo will trial a smartphone app that allows foreign blue-collar workers to file complaints and report problems.

The app will recognize any issues, including those related to visas, working conditions, housing and taxation. The group wants to raise the profile of the app among foreign workers so that they can report any issues that can then be recorded and eventually harnessed to develop a chatbot service using artificial intelligence.

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